Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order No. 229, ordering that the progress pride flag be raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol during the month of June in celebration of Pride Month. The progress pride flag will fly over the East Wing of the State Capitol building beginning at noon on Friday, May 31, and ending at sunset on Sunday, June 30. Additionally, Executive Order No. 229 authorizes state buildings and any jurisdiction of the state of Wisconsin to fly the progress pride flag during the month of June.
Evers also proclaimed June 2024 as “LGBTQ Pride Month” throughout the state of Wisconsin.
June is recognized as Pride Month in Wisconsin and throughout the United States, which originally began as a recognition of and tribute to the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 and has become an annual, month-long celebration and recognition of the LGBTQ community.
Gov. Evers ordered the rainbow pride flag to fly over the East Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol for the first time in state history in 2019. Since then, the rainbow pride flag has flown over the Capitol each year for the month of June until 2022, when Evers raised the progress pride flag over the State Capitol for the first time. An iteration of the widely recognized rainbow pride flag, the progress pride flag was created to symbolize the inclusion of marginalized communities within the LGBTQ community. The progress pride flag includes additional stripes forming a chevron pattern that represent LGBTQ individuals of color and the transgender community, as well as those who are living with and who have been lost to HIV/AIDS.
